The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was the 12th conference that I have attended (it had earlier reiterations). Every year it is like attending a family reunion. I have some many friends and colleagues that I only get to see once a year at the NTC. For example, my colleague Shai Coggins from Connecting Up (the Australian version of NTEN), who always brings me Tim-Tams. The annual awards luncheon is always one of my favorites and this year was a little bittersweet. The Life … [Read more...]
Search Results for: story of stuff
E-Mediat: Day 2 – The Networked NGO in the Arab World
Beirut Diary: I’m in Beirut for the week as part of The E-Mediat project, a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East … [Read more...]
TechSoup Global Summit Day 1: Networks
I spent today at day 1 of the TechSoup Global Summit in Mountain View with two hundred and forty people who work in the TechSoup Global Network around the world, plus other stakeholders. I've been involved with TechSoup/Netsquared Network since its inception back six years ago and so it is nice to be part of the narrative arc. This participatory event is offering two days of focused discussion about—how these networks, and the capabilities that power them, can be effectively leveraged to … [Read more...]
Two Examples of Nonprofit Social Media That Will Make You Smile (and learn a best practice or two)
Recently, my social media feeds have been anxiety producing, if not downright depressing. The parade of bad news: gun violence, hurricanes, earthquakes, nuclear war, fake news, and more. Unfortunately, if you work in digital strategy and social media, monitoring social is a daily task and as a result a bad mood has become an occupational hazard. What to do? Quit Facebook or other social media? Um, no (go back and read the link and conversation to find out why.) You could go on a new diet and … [Read more...]
Strategy as We-Care: An Exercise
Note from Beth: My colleagues at See3 had some fun using some of the ideas in The Happy Healthy Nonprofit and apply it to creating an organizational digital strategy. This post shares a useful exercise for your digital team to reflect on what not to do for your digital strategy! Strategy as We-Care: An Exercise - guest post by Miriam Brosseau, Director of Engagement, See3 Communications Organizational self-care needs a strategy, as we all learned in “The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit.” And it’s … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- …
- 9
- Next Page »
